Correlation between driving skill and practice field availability

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Originally Posted by Chris is me

How can you guys say that correlation doesn't imply causation with regards to practice time and driving skill? Of course practice time will increase driving skill.

Yes, practice makes perfect.

However, most successful teams aren't successful because they have a practice field.

Originally Posted by Basel A

The OP wanted to show that great teams have practice fields; that doesn't mean much.

Exactly my point. Teams that have practice fields are also, often times, teams that work harder.

Maybe they field in more sponsors, and some of those "extra" sponsors are what pay for the field, while others give them money/services that allow them to make more complex robots (ie a company that provides water jetting).

Maybe they have more students that they can allocate students whose job is to build the practice field, which means other students specialize in their particular job (such as manipulator, chassis, etc) and can work harder at said function.

Maybe there is a team that just has a practice field because some team parents decided they wanted to help out, and I'm completely wrong.

None the less, there a lot of other things that go into making a team perform well, that you can't assume having a practice field is what sets them apart.